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Linacre Quarterly

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1932

ISSN2050-8549

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.179

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.322

Total Worksi

2,465

Total Citationsi

4,722

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medical Ethics; Philosophy; Health Policy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1932

Annual Volume~ 56 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,465

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2050-8549

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

347

2019

163

2020

165

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

PhilosophyQ2

Health PolicyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medical Ethics

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics in medical practiceReproductive Health and TechnologiesAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsReproductive Health and ContraceptionPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareGrief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthCatholicism and Religious StudiesReligion, Spirituality, and PsychologyOrgan Donation and Transplantation

Frequently asked questions about Linacre Quarterly

Is Linacre Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Linacre Quarterly: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Linacre Quarterly?

Linacre Quarterly is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.32.

Is Linacre Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Linacre Quarterly is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Linacre Quarterly?